Word: habitat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aroused an extraordinary response. On top of the usual chafing at day after sticky day of hot, humid and hazy punishment has come a communal attack of the worries. Many Americans have found themselves concerned less about passing misery and more about the whole bruised and abused human habitat. Soggy, unremitting heat sometimes seemed a symptom of general ecological collapse. Had the great breakdown begun...
...three-week whale count by 30 scientists confirms that the giants are once again venturing into their former habitat. One explanation may be a 1966 hunting ban that perhaps saved blue whales from extinction...
...species of kindling wood, and lightning strikes have provided the match. In Wyoming last week the so-called Mink Creek Fire, the biggest in more than 50 years, had burned to within a day or so of Yellowstone National Park after consuming 24,000 acres of prime grizzly-bear habitat. In Colorado one fire that torched 18,000 acres of deer, elk and antelope habitat before being contained was rated the biggest in the state's history. Other major blazes are burning in Oregon, Utah, South Dakota, Washington and Alaska. So far, almost 1.6 million acres have been lost, half...
...West's outdoor recreation industry, which is worth $40 billion and booming, not least among foreign visitors. Western recreation should get a fresh boost from water marketing. Many environmentalists support the concept, especially as it recognizes the "in- stream values" of water: for trout fishing, white-water rafting and habitat for game birds and animals. Says Babbitt: "In many parts of the West, a cow has a lot less economic value than an elk." It is time for water laws and practices to recognize that new equation...
...handling by professional snake wranglers. There is also snake milking, butchering, gutting and skinning, the last done with the help of visibly squeamish volunteers from the beauty pageant dressed in blood-spattered lab coats. Three-dollar bus tours for those who want to see the snakes in their natural habitat leave every hour. A cook shack is busy producing corn dogs ($1) and deep-fried rattlesnake meat ($1). Take a bite; it tastes like turtle...